When Pope Francis goes to South America this week, he will meet with indigenous tribes in Chile and visit the native people in the Amazon in Peru, a first for any pontiff. But the trip, the 22nd foreign trip during his tenure, could be overshadowed by security concerns, protests and church-related

Bob Woodruff joined ABC News in 1996 and has covered major stories throughout the country and around the world for the network. He was named co-anchor of "ABC World News Tonight" in December 2005. On January 29, 2006, while reporting on U.S. and Iraqi security forces, Woodruff was seriously injured

Major League Baseball will play its annual All-Star Game on Tuesday night, and chances are that few -- if any -- NFL players could have made it. You have to love baseball to be great at it, as with most endeavors. And if you love baseball, why wouldn't you pursue its longer careers, fully

DETROIT -- Wayne Gretzky doesn't have much say over these matters, but the man known as The Great One said Tuesday he would like to see Gordie Howe's No. 9 retired by the NHL in honor of his idol, Howe, who died Friday at age 88. Gretzky's number, No. 99, is retired throughout the league. Gretzky

Previously private letters from former Pope John Paul II reportedly indicate that he had a close friendship with a married woman that spanned decades, right up until the day before he died. A new BBC documentary claims that the pope, who died in 2005 and was canonized in 2014, corresponded with a

At Philadelphia's Independence Hall this afternoon, Pope Francis gave a passionate speech on religious freedom, immigration and tolerance. "The Quakers who founded Philadelphia were inspired by a profound evangelical sense of the dignity of each individual and the ideal of a community united by

NOTABLES --ALL EYES IN THE REPUBLICAN RACE WILL TURN TO WASHINGTON, DC today where many top GOP presidential contenders are scheduled to speak at the Values Voter Summit, ABC’s RYAN STRUYK notes. Frontrunner Donald Trump is scheduled to speak late this morning. Donald Trump then travels to Oklahoma

Pope Francis is set to spend little more than an hour on Capitol Hill Thursday -– and congressional leaders want to make the most of that limited time. That means no congressional fist-bumps. Leadership and the organizers behind the pope’s visit are employing a number of strategies to keep His